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Will the PS4 overtake the Wii U in Japan?

No, Wii U is more Japanes... 26 7.95%
 
They will be about even 47 14.37%
 
Yes, possibly the second coming of the PS2 254 77.68%
 
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Fusioncode said:
Samus Aran said:

Meanwhile I'm just hearing on the news that Sony might fire a lot of people in my country.

Sony is still more doomed than Nintendo.

And this is relevant how?

If you can't profit from amazing sales like the PS4 you're doing something horribly wrong. 

I'd say it's more relevant than PS4 overtaking Wii U. At least Nintendo profited from the Gamecube era. Sony blew all its cash away from the PS2 on the PS3. 

One thing is for sure, Nintendo wouldn't get better third party support if the Wii U sold better. The Wii proved that. All that matters now is that Nintendo supports it with good games. 



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Samus Aran said:

If you can't profit from amazing sales like the PS4 you're doing something horribly wrong. 


They did, they made over $400 million net profit this last quarter thanks to the PS4.

The projected one billion net loss for the full fiscal ending April is due to the cost of them finallly getting around to restructing the TV/PC division, selling one of and spinning off the other into a subsidiary. They're effectively in the clear after this, finally ready to print money.



dsp333 said:

Samus Aran said:

If you can't profit from amazing sales like the PS4 you're doing something horribly wrong. 


They did, they made over $400 million net profit this last quarter thanks to the PS4.

The projected one billion net loss for the full fiscal ending April is due to the cost of them finallly getting around to restructing the TV/PC division, selling one of and spinning off the other into a subsidiary. They're effectively in the clear after this, finally ready to print money.

Making profit during the holiday season is only normal, even Nintendo posted a (smaller) profit last quarter. 



Samus Aran said:
dsp333 said:

Samus Aran said:

If you can't profit from amazing sales like the PS4 you're doing something horribly wrong. 


They did, they made over $400 million net profit this last quarter thanks to the PS4.

The projected one billion net loss for the full fiscal ending April is due to the cost of them finallly getting around to restructing the TV/PC division, selling one of and spinning off the other into a subsidiary. They're effectively in the clear after this, finally ready to print money.

Making profit during the holiday season is only normal, even Nintendo posted a (smaller) profit last quarter. 

That has nothing to do with what I said technically (countering the assertion they can't profit off the PS4)... and no, it's not normal at launch when you're supposed to be loss leading and blowing up on advertising. Nintendo lost a little money last christmas due to the Wii U launch iirc despite an overall great launch.

Furthermore, no, they lost $15 million this holiday quater despite Pokemon, Monster Hunter 4, Zelda, 3D Mario, and about a bajillion 3DS sold for profit. If you want to penalize anyone for not being able to profit, it should be Nintendo. You're a joke if you can't profit off that Fisher Price tier hardware sold by the bucketload.